Fine mesh mosquito suits are a must have for outdoor activities...
This was the 70’s.
Canvas tents, canvas backpacks with simple leather straps that dug into your collarbones.
Yea we had mesh on the tent openings.
At least on our trip to Horse Lake, we didn’t have to do the Horrible Horse Portage. Our counselor was a native and wintered in the area.
He knew a shortcut. A 400 rod portage would have been a *itch. Or so I was told.